ALTARVEST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06849598 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 16.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.4y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-06-27
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    Charge satisfied #3
  8. 2023-06-26
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2023-06-26
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2022-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2017-06-14
    ➖
    ROBERTS, Thomas Layton resigned
    director
  17. 2017-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-05-26
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    auditors-resignation-company
    auditors · AUD
  19. 2010-08-19
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Lorna appointed
    director
  20. 2010-06-28
    ➕
    CLAYTON, Lorna appointed
    secretary
  21. 2010-06-28
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Anthony Layton appointed
    director
  22. 2010-06-28
    ➖
    MORGAN, Rosemary resigned
    director
  23. 2010-06-28
    ➕
    ROBERTS, Thomas Layton appointed
    director
  24. 2010-06-28
    ➖
    WILSON, Carys resigned
    director
  25. 2010-02-08
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  26. 2010-02-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Welsh Ministers
  27. 2010-02-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  28. 2009-10-26
    ➕
    WILSON, Carys appointed
    director
  29. 2009-03-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALTARVEST LIMITED
  30. 2009-03-17
    ➕
    MORGAN, Rosemary appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anthony Layton Roberts
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

66-70 Morfa Road
Strand
Swansea
SA1 2EF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

CLAYTON, Lorna→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLAYTON, Lorna→
director · ~66y · appointed 2010-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTS, Anthony Layton→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORGAN, Rosemary→
director · ~81y · appointed 2009-03-17 · resigned 2010-06-28
Resigned
ROBERTS, Thomas Layton→
director · ~93y · appointed 2010-06-28 · resigned 2017-06-14
Resigned
WILSON, Carys→
director · ~45y · appointed 2009-10-26 · resigned 2010-06-28
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property08/02/201027/06/2023
outstanding
The Welsh Ministers
Legal charge1 property08/02/2010—
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
An omnibus guarantee and set-off agreement1 property08/02/201026/06/2023
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Recent filings (64 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-07-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-04